From jsauburn@ucdavis.edu Thu Mar 24 23:22:01 1994
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 12:43:57 -0800
From: jsauburn@ucdavis.edu
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: QUERY: Cover Crops and Verticillium Wilt

Does anyone have any information on specific cover crops and positive
or negative effects on verticillium wilt?  The SARE/ACE Project Summaries
mention a potato project in Idaho led by Jerry Stark finding that 
"Sudangrass green manure grown prior to potatoes reduced Verticillium
wilt by 60% and increased potato yields by as much as 30% compared with
fallow treatments."  Any other info?

The person who asked me is considering planting olives in a cotton
field that has a Verticillium problem, and he's looking for nonchemical
ways to reduce the problem first.  He asked specifically about cover
crops, but I suppose other approaches would be of interest, too.

Jill Auburn
SAREP, Univ Calif
jsauburn@ucdavis.edu